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1532
1532
Pizarro discovered modern day Ecuador. -
1820
Ecuador declared independence from Spain and started a war. -
1945
Ecuador was one of the four South American countries to join the United Nations. -
1952
The United States signs a military aid pact with Ecuador -
1963
Ecuador falls under military rule. Gained new Constitutional Democracy in 1979. -
1970
Oil exporting helped build up economy. -
1995
Ecuador and Peru declared war on each other over border conflict from 1941. -
1999
Ecuador falls under an economics crisis, converts to US dollar. -
2003
Ecuador police seize three tons of cocaine from drug traffickers. -
2008
Ecuador and Columbia renewed diplomatic relations with each other.